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Adopt-a-Drain at the Kingfield Farmer’s Market
Sunday, October 21st, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Kingfield Farmers Market (at the KFNA Table), 4310 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Adopt-a-Drain is a water-quality program of the City of Minneapolis and Hamline University. Sign up to adopt a drain at minneapolismn.gov/adoptadrain, keep it clear of leaves, trash, and other debris, and report your work to us to help track the cumulative impact on our lakes and streams!
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SW Community Parks Workshop
Tuesday, October 23rd, 6:30 PM
Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Ave, Minneapolis
Share your thoughts on improvements you’d like to see in your neighborhood parks during the next 20 years. Park staff, designers, and community members will work together on new master plan designs – your participation is welcome!
Neighborhood parks included (Central Group): Bryant Square, Painter, Lyndale Farmstead, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr parks; as well as Kings Highway, The Mall, Loon Lake Trolley Path, and Lyndale School Pool. Additional workshops are being held for other neighborhood parks in SW Minneapolis.
Learn more, take an online survey, or sign up for emails at the project webpage:
Southwest Service Area Master Plan
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Spook-tacular Pizza and Pumpkin Carving at the Kingfield Outdoor Oven
Friday, October 26th, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
KFNA Community Outdoor Oven, 3754 Pleasant Avenue South (behind the Center for Performing Arts), Minneapolis
Join us for spook-tacular pizzas, fireside, at the outdoor oven! Who knows what you might find...spiders, eyeballs or ghastly mummies?! All for your munching pleasure! Pizza donations will be accepted on site with a suggested $10 per person or $30 per family. Pack your own beverages in recyclable or reusable containers--please no glass bottles on site. Drop-ins diners are welcome to the event but you can also pre-pay here--especially if you are reserving a pumpkin for the Carving Contest.
Volunteer pizza makers welcome! Please email sarah@kingfield.org to volunteer to learn how to manage the outdoor oven and sign-up for a shift!
An optional pumpkin carving contest will also be held--With PRIZES!! Reserve your pumpkin by registering here; pre-paid pumpkin reservations are $10 per pumpkin. You are also welcome to bring your own pumpkin and carving tools. We will have a few extra pumpkins on site for those that decide to attend last-minute.
Reserve your pumpkin here!
Questions? Call 612-823-5980.
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The Lowbrow supports KFNA and our GOTV Efforts with Dine-Out Give Back!
Monday, October 29th, 4:00 PM - 9:30 PM
The Lowbrow, 4244 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
The Lowbrow is generously donating 10% of all diners tabs on Monday October 29 to KFNA so come hungry AND thirsty! You can quietly enjoy your dinner and support KFNA, or you can stop by the KFNA Get Out the Vote table and connect with other neighborhood leaders who are focused on securing a good turnout for the 2018 election. At the table you can also sign up to host a yard sign, volunteer for the Polling Party, get trained as a Block Captain, or meet and mingle other GOTV Block Captains to share strategies for helping every neighbor find a way to vote on November 6th!
As added incentive for new Block Captains: Drop-in between 4:00-5:00 PM and get trained as a Kingfield Block Captain! Block Captain’s accept the responsibility of connecting to each household on their block and talking them about their voting plan, including providing early voting information and sample ballots and discussing when and how they will go to the polls. All newly trained block captains will receive a drink, courtesy of KFNA during training (It’s happy hour—and heck, we are giving 10% of it back to ourselves!). Look for the KFNA sign at an indoor table and join KFNA for your training.
Already registered and trained as a GOTV Block Captain? We want to celebrate you too! Come to The Lowbrow between 8:30-9:30 PM on October 29 and connect with other Captains, compare notes, get excited for the final 7 day push until the election, and enjoy a drink on KFNA as a thank you for your work getting out the vote! Look for the KFNA sign at an indoor table to check-in when you arrive!
Join us on October 29 to eat, celebrate the final GOTV push before the election, and support KFNA! Remember 10% of ALL sales that day go to KFNA to support our GOTV efforts so please plan to come hungry!
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Kingfield VOTES yard sign
Get your We Are Kingfield / We Vote At MLK Park yard signs!
Have you seen them popping up all over Kingfield? Well, there is still time for you to get yours!
With Minneapolis’ record turnout for the August primary, we need to keep that momentum moving forward in Kingfield. It’s simple! A volunteer will place the sign in your yard in or October, and then within a week after the election, a volunteer will retrieve it for re-use in 2020. Request your sign(s) here!
You have your "We are Kingfield - We Vote at MLK Park" yard sign, but Want to do more to increase voter turnout in the 2018 election? We have two options!
Sign up to be a KFNA Get-Out-The-Vote Block or Building Captain!
The Block Captain program is a new effort by KFNA to make sure everyone's voice is heard in November. We're looking for one Block Captain per block to make sure everyone on their block is registered, talk to them about early voting options, and encourage them to vote in the days before Election Day. KFNA will provide voter registration materials, and we'll also be holding a couple of training events. Interested? Sign up here!
Volunteer to be a Baker or Greeter for Kingfield’s Polling Party
Tuesday Nov. 6—shifts available all day at MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet
All Kingfield neighbors vote in a single location and Kingfield’s Polling Parties are the largest celebration of community and civic responsibility that KFNA organizes all year. Once again as a “thank you” for voting, we will provide free, hot coffee and tasty treats to all Kingfield neighbors, all day long, as they come to cast their ballots in precincts 8-6 and 8-7 at MLK Park!
Volunteer to be a part of it! Greet your neighbors, hand out delicious homemade treats as well as ones donated by our many fabulous restaurants including: Butter Bakery Café, Sun Street Breads, Victor’s 1959 Café, and The Lowbrow!
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Kingfield Election Day Polling Party 2019
Tuesday, November 6th, all day
MLK Park Field, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Facebook Event Page
It's the traditional Kingfield Votes Election Day Polling Party at MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Ave. S. on Tuesday November 6! All Kingfield residents are invited... and you know you will all be there to vote that day SO... you might as well stop by, join the party, and have a bite to eat with us!
Look for three tents on the north, east, and southern sides of the park building--if the weather is chill we will have the fire pits blazing!
This party will be fueled all day by a handful of fabulous local businesses including hot coffee and tasty treats from The Lowbrow, Butter Bakery Café, Sun Street Breads, and Victor’s 1959 Café!
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KFNA GOTV Post-Election Returns Watching Party at Harriet’s Inn
Tuesday, November 6th, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Harriet's Inn, 4000 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis
Please join Kingfield Neighborhood Association on Election Night, Tuesday 6 November from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm for a Returns Watching Party. We’ll be celebrating our awesome turnout at MLK Park with food and drink and the TVs will be turned to national networks to watch the returns all across the country. We’ll also have an emcee updating you on local races.
Even better, if you tell your server you’re there to support Get Out The Vote, Harriet’s Inn will donate 15% of your tab to KFNA. KFNA spent thousands of dollars on the We Are Kingfield / We Vote At MLK Park yard signs and our GOTV efforts, and you can help us pay for them!
Remember, KFNA only gets the 15% if you tell your server that you’re there to support Get Out The Vote. Come raise a glass and celebrate democracy with your fellow neighbors!
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KFNA Supports Vote Yes on 1 in Minneapolis
Kingfield Neighborhood Association supports the 2018 Yeson1Minneapolis resolution because gives more local control to neighborhoods and the city in regards to liquor licenses, entertainment licenses, and business operation hours, as well as supports small independently owned businesses.
More information about this ballot initiative can be found on the Vote Yes on 1 website.
To see a sample ballot for your specific address, including language for this initiative, visit here.
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